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Originally Posted by ithos

You could be right but what do you base that on?

Consumer reports says they are #3.

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My only anecdotal experience was that my brother owned one in the 90s and his family loved it.

On a car, I would read consumers reports as well as other magazines etc. Often writers receive bribes. Often they get far better service than you do.

Years ago I bought the Renault Alliance. Consumers reports called it Car of the Year one year and the following year gave it a terrible write up. Does not matter any more but the issues with the car was the base engine and the automatic transmission. I paid extra for the larger, better engine and got the five speed, standard transmission. I was happy with the car. Chrysler took over the service. I brought it in for service, I don't recall what. The mechanics seemed to be amazed to see one with over 100,000 miles on it.

Long gone are universal parts. When you could buy a replacement headlight It was either round or rectangular and cost like $2.00.